Filmmaker Mohit Suri is currently basking in the success of his latest film, Saiyaara, which is turning out to be a blockbuster at the box office. Suri, who has earlier delivered the blockbuster Aashiqui 2 back in 2013, recently opened up that he was initially in talks to make the sequel of his 2013 hit starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, but eventually ended up with YRF. Anurag Basu is now directing the sequel with Kartik Aaryan and Sreeleela in the lead roles, although it will not be called Aashiqui 3 anymore.

Mohit Suri on why he stepped out of Aashiqui 3

Mohit, while speaking to PTI, said, "The Aashiqui 3 thing... it was too nascent. They (the Aashiqui 3 producers) had asked me if I would be interested in making it. This was the idea I had. But I don`t commit to something till I have a script ready. They were in a hurry to begin, so I was more than glad when Anurag took over, but I couldn`t rush the process," he said.

He further added, "Once there was no sequel pressure or of a star cast which had an opening number to live up to, I stopped caring about the commerce. And I just went and made a film. If I were making a sequel, or a franchise, I would be somewhere playing to a commerce like `Let`s make it better than Aashiqui 2. Let`s make the music better. I didn`t do that. I did what`s best for the film. It was such a liberating process."